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A Pension Full of Surprises

She couldn’t have fathomed that one hundred fifteen years later, her second great-granddaughter would be on the verge of tears and in utter awe of the connection to something as simple as her signature.

Jill M. September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 Archer family, family history, history, medical, old records, Stewart, Stewart family, Wickham Read more

Daniel Goodwin Durbin’s Tale

I haven’t written very much yet about my husband’s family but this story is pretty interesting for us so I wanted to share.  My husband’s grandmother Barb had heard a very long time that her grandfather had died during World

Jill M. November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Durbin, family history, history, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Uncategorized Read more

General James Clinton & I

I have said it before that my genealogical journey has always been quite serendipitous in nature.  Good things and wonderful people have just seemed to cross my path time and again.  With it, though, comes a great amount of weird

Jill M. September 21, 2018September 23, 2018 cemetery, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, old records, pictures, research, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

Questioning Your DNA

I have been working on our Stewart/Steward family line for eons… truly …and I cannot break through this brick wall that ends with John Steward and his wife Minerva. You can see my pedigree over there to the right. Now

Jill M. September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 DNA, family history, genealogy, history, Stewart, Stewart family Read more

Long Sought After Info Found on Emma Drake Herman

Ever have that one relative whose story that you just can’t get out of your mind?  I have several of those relatives like that but one that stands out for me is my 4th great aunt, Emma Drake Leist Herman. 

Jill M. July 26, 2018 cemetery, Drake, Drake family, family history, history, mysteries, newspaper clippings Read more
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I am taking a break from teaching genealogy for now. If that changes, I will post here in upcoming events.

However, you may catch me giving a historic tour at the Washingtonville Cemetery occasionally. Please visit their site for their upcoming events.

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